Noun taoism has 4 senses
- Taoism - a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism
--1 is a kind of sect, religious sect, religious order
--1 has members: Taoist, Tao
- Taoism - religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu
--2 is a kind of religion, faith
--2 has members: Taoist, Tao
- Taoism, Hsuan Chiao - popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic
--3 is a kind of religion, faith, religious belief
- Taoism, Daoism - philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events
--4 is a kind of philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
--4 has parts: Tao
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